Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms

This Indonesia Economic Quarterly (IEG) quarterly report covers the economic growth of Indonesia as in June 2016. With the global recovery yet to be realized, Indonesia’s resilience stands out among commodity exporters. A number of good policies ha...

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Language:English
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spelling okr-10986-308722021-05-25T09:55:47Z Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CAPITAL FLOWS MONETARY POLICY FISCAL TRENDS INTEREST RATE TRADE POLICY NONTARRIFF MEASURES COMPETITIVENESS INEQUALITY EXPORTS PUBLIC SPENDING This Indonesia Economic Quarterly (IEG) quarterly report covers the economic growth of Indonesia as in June 2016. With the global recovery yet to be realized, Indonesia’s resilience stands out among commodity exporters. A number of good policies have contributed to Indonesia’s resilience. First, prudent monetary and exchange rate policies, along with international financial conditions that are more favorable than a year ago, have helped reduce inflation and stabilize the Rupiah. These factors, as well as lower energy prices, have supported aggregate household consumption. Second, public infrastructure spending has become a priority within Indonesia’s limited fiscal space. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in first quarter (Q1) 2016 was 4.9 percent year-on-year (yoy), with public spending lower than expected. The current account deficit narrowed to 2.1 percent of GDP, as imports fell faster than exports. Fiscal policy in Indonesia has not been very effective in reducing inequality, but the fuel subsidy reform has helped. The 2015 fuel subsidy reform, and related compensation for the poor, has helped reduce inequality, as savings were redirected into infrastructure, health, and social assistance. 2018-11-26T16:44:00Z 2018-11-26T16:44:00Z 2016-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/458091542207517162/Indonesia-economic-quarterly-resilience-through-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30872 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Indonesia
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
CAPITAL FLOWS
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
INTEREST RATE
TRADE POLICY
NONTARRIFF MEASURES
COMPETITIVENESS
INEQUALITY
EXPORTS
PUBLIC SPENDING
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
CAPITAL FLOWS
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
INTEREST RATE
TRADE POLICY
NONTARRIFF MEASURES
COMPETITIVENESS
INEQUALITY
EXPORTS
PUBLIC SPENDING
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Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms
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description This Indonesia Economic Quarterly (IEG) quarterly report covers the economic growth of Indonesia as in June 2016. With the global recovery yet to be realized, Indonesia’s resilience stands out among commodity exporters. A number of good policies have contributed to Indonesia’s resilience. First, prudent monetary and exchange rate policies, along with international financial conditions that are more favorable than a year ago, have helped reduce inflation and stabilize the Rupiah. These factors, as well as lower energy prices, have supported aggregate household consumption. Second, public infrastructure spending has become a priority within Indonesia’s limited fiscal space. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in first quarter (Q1) 2016 was 4.9 percent year-on-year (yoy), with public spending lower than expected. The current account deficit narrowed to 2.1 percent of GDP, as imports fell faster than exports. Fiscal policy in Indonesia has not been very effective in reducing inequality, but the fuel subsidy reform has helped. The 2015 fuel subsidy reform, and related compensation for the poor, has helped reduce inequality, as savings were redirected into infrastructure, health, and social assistance.
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title Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms
title_short Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms
title_full Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms
title_fullStr Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms
title_full_unstemmed Indonesia Economic Quarterly, June 2016 : Resilience through Reforms
title_sort indonesia economic quarterly, june 2016 : resilience through reforms
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